"Oh look - the screen does both black and gray..." ~ Colbert
That is pure comedy folks - pure comedy... too funny!
The most nervous tech companies in America today: Adobe - as iPad proves you don't need Flash; Amazon - Kindle sales will drop like a rock ("Do I want a full color screen with internet, video, ebooks, email, apps etc for $499 or a gray-scale screen for $490 and all it does is show ebooks?").
You might be about to see Amazon charge an awful lot less for the Kindle.
Second hand they'll probably be close to worthless too. Mine will be up on eBay as soon as the 3G iPad comes out.
Letterman basically made it look like the iPad is something that is impossible to use, and doesn't even function properly (I guess that could be considered comedy)
Letterman basically made it look like the iPad is something that is impossible to use, and doesn't even function properly (I guess that could be considered comedy)
I thought Letterman's skit was pretty funny. Of course had he not put it down on the top where it puts the machine to sleep, it would've worked better. I am sure most of it was his usual comedy routine.
PS: I disagree with the "Even Bad publicity is Good publicity" adage. Bernie Madoff, Tiger Woods, Michael Jackson (until he died), Richard Nixon, and Roman Polanski are just a few examples of people that have been emotionally, socially and financially hurt by stupid decisions that resulted in bad publicity.
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Letterman basically made it look like the iPad is something that is impossible to use, and doesn't even function properly (I guess that could be considered comedy)
Colbert was just straight up hilarious.
I agree. Colbert had me rolling but Letterman wasn't very funny and made the device look complex to usem finicky and poor to respond to commands. I'd think people watching that are in two camps, the ones that understand how tech works and got the iPad before his schtick and the ones that didn't get before who have reinforced their feelings that it's uninteresting. I have to wonder if he'll get a pre-release of the next Apple product.
I thought Letterman's skit was pretty funny. Of course had he not put it down on the top where it puts the machine to sleep, it would've worked better. I am sure most of it was his usual comedy routine.
It was, you should have seen him try to Tweet a week or so ago. He made twitter and a normal laptop look impossible to use
"Oh look - the screen does both black and gray..." ~ Colbert
That is pure comedy folks - pure comedy... too funny!
The most nervous tech companies in America today: Adobe - as iPad proves you don't need Flash; Amazon - Kindle sales will drop like a rock ("Do I want a full color screen with internet, video, ebooks, email, apps etc for $499 or a gray-scale screen for $490 and all it does is show ebooks?").
I think Amazon will be just fine.
They'll sell both iPad and Kindle, and Kindle app will be on the iPad also.
Actually, it's been a pretty bad decade for Apple haters.
The real question is how many Apple haters will stroke out from high blood pressure? How many will wind up in the emergency rooms with carpal tunnel syndrome from furiously typing their diatribes in various online forums...like AppleInsider?
I thought Letterman's skit was pretty funny. Of course had he not put it down on the top where it puts the machine to sleep, it would've worked better. I am sure most of it was his usual comedy routine.
If you watch Letterman regularly you know his gadget IQ is zero. The fact that he got it started and made it to photos once is a testament to the iPads ease of use.
For the 500th time Apple does not pay for product placement. It never has. It never will. It's against company policy.
By definition, isn't providing a free iPad days before launch, in essence, *paying* for product placement? You can't tell me there wasn't an understood agreement that in exchange for providing the iPad, the show would put it on the air and discuss it. That, my friend, isn't free.
If you watch Letterman regularly you know his gadget IQ is zero. The fact that he got it started and made it to photos once is a testament to the iPads ease of use.
On this, I do agree. One would think that providing an iPad to almost anyone BUT Letterman would have been a better bet that the host could operate the thing.
You're right - the fact Letterman could turn it on and rotate the iPad was a victory. When he couldn't line up his finger to swip it back on - the writing was on the wall - he isn't tech saavy.
The real question is how many Apple haters will stroke out from high blood pressure? How many will wind up in the emergency rooms with carpal tunnel syndrome from furiously typing their diatribes in various online forums...like AppleInsider?
We'll probably have to wait thirty years to see.
Many of the haters appear to be quite young (i.e., below 25 years old). Kids are resilient.
The real question is how many Apple haters will stroke out from high blood pressure? How many will wind up in the emergency rooms with carpal tunnel syndrome from furiously typing their diatribes in various online forums...like AppleInsider?
We have two here who already suffered mental breakdown
If you check the video at 54-56 seconds in, you'll notice a light passes over the top bezel. If that little circle that appears isn't an isight, I dont know what is.
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Three of the questions related to "What the heck good is this thing?" I wonder if the Product Placement dollars were well spent with Letterman.
"The only bad publicity is your obituary." -Editors of the Harvard Lampoon
That's right. About the only thing the Apple-haters can cheer about is that the stock isn't up today.
Actually, it's been a pretty bad decade for Apple haters.
That's right. About the only thing the Apple-haters can cheer about is that the stock isn't up today.
Since it's up .97, they cannot even cheer about that.
Since it's up .97, they cannot even cheer about that.
It was up $0.97 yesterday. The markets are closed today in observance of Good Friday.
That's why AAPL isn't trading up today.
"Oh look - the screen does both black and gray..." ~ Colbert
That is pure comedy folks - pure comedy... too funny!
The most nervous tech companies in America today: Adobe - as iPad proves you don't need Flash; Amazon - Kindle sales will drop like a rock ("Do I want a full color screen with internet, video, ebooks, email, apps etc for $499 or a gray-scale screen for $490 and all it does is show ebooks?").
You might be about to see Amazon charge an awful lot less for the Kindle.
Second hand they'll probably be close to worthless too. Mine will be up on eBay as soon as the 3G iPad comes out.
Colbert was just straight up hilarious.
(Is that a real [iPad]... I mean
Is that [an Apple iPad]
Or is that a Sears [iPad]?
Hmmm... No foolin...)
My apologies to Frank Zappa.
+1.
' was one of my all-time favorites
Letterman basically made it look like the iPad is something that is impossible to use, and doesn't even function properly (I guess that could be considered comedy)
I thought Letterman's skit was pretty funny. Of course had he not put it down on the top where it puts the machine to sleep, it would've worked better. I am sure most of it was his usual comedy routine.
Federal Fud Commission!
PS: I disagree with the "Even Bad publicity is Good publicity" adage. Bernie Madoff, Tiger Woods, Michael Jackson (until he died), Richard Nixon, and Roman Polanski are just a few examples of people that have been emotionally, socially and financially hurt by stupid decisions that resulted in bad publicity.
Letterman basically made it look like the iPad is something that is impossible to use, and doesn't even function properly (I guess that could be considered comedy)
Colbert was just straight up hilarious.
I agree. Colbert had me rolling but Letterman wasn't very funny and made the device look complex to usem finicky and poor to respond to commands. I'd think people watching that are in two camps, the ones that understand how tech works and got the iPad before his schtick and the ones that didn't get before who have reinforced their feelings that it's uninteresting. I have to wonder if he'll get a pre-release of the next Apple product.
I thought Letterman's skit was pretty funny. Of course had he not put it down on the top where it puts the machine to sleep, it would've worked better. I am sure most of it was his usual comedy routine.
It was, you should have seen him try to Tweet a week or so ago. He made twitter and a normal laptop look impossible to use
"Oh look - the screen does both black and gray..." ~ Colbert
That is pure comedy folks - pure comedy... too funny!
The most nervous tech companies in America today: Adobe - as iPad proves you don't need Flash; Amazon - Kindle sales will drop like a rock ("Do I want a full color screen with internet, video, ebooks, email, apps etc for $499 or a gray-scale screen for $490 and all it does is show ebooks?").
I think Amazon will be just fine.
They'll sell both iPad and Kindle, and Kindle app will be on the iPad also.
Actually, it's been a pretty bad decade for Apple haters.
The real question is how many Apple haters will stroke out from high blood pressure? How many will wind up in the emergency rooms with carpal tunnel syndrome from furiously typing their diatribes in various online forums...like AppleInsider?
Three of the questions related to "What the heck good is this thing?" I wonder if the Product Placement dollars were well spent with Letterman.
For the 500th time Apple does not pay for product placement. It never has. It never will. It's against company policy.
By the way its every advertisers dream to get everyone in America to say "What the heck is this thing?"
I thought Letterman's skit was pretty funny. Of course had he not put it down on the top where it puts the machine to sleep, it would've worked better. I am sure most of it was his usual comedy routine.
If you watch Letterman regularly you know his gadget IQ is zero. The fact that he got it started and made it to photos once is a testament to the iPads ease of use.
For the 500th time Apple does not pay for product placement. It never has. It never will. It's against company policy.
By definition, isn't providing a free iPad days before launch, in essence, *paying* for product placement? You can't tell me there wasn't an understood agreement that in exchange for providing the iPad, the show would put it on the air and discuss it. That, my friend, isn't free.
If you watch Letterman regularly you know his gadget IQ is zero. The fact that he got it started and made it to photos once is a testament to the iPads ease of use.
On this, I do agree. One would think that providing an iPad to almost anyone BUT Letterman would have been a better bet that the host could operate the thing.
You're right - the fact Letterman could turn it on and rotate the iPad was a victory. When he couldn't line up his finger to swip it back on - the writing was on the wall - he isn't tech saavy.
The real question is how many Apple haters will stroke out from high blood pressure? How many will wind up in the emergency rooms with carpal tunnel syndrome from furiously typing their diatribes in various online forums...like AppleInsider?
We'll probably have to wait thirty years to see.
Many of the haters appear to be quite young (i.e., below 25 years old). Kids are resilient.
The real question is how many Apple haters will stroke out from high blood pressure? How many will wind up in the emergency rooms with carpal tunnel syndrome from furiously typing their diatribes in various online forums...like AppleInsider?
We have two here who already suffered mental breakdown